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Alison Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 20-0226054 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$3.6M
Grants reported
16
Typical grant
$200K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: ALISON FOUNDATION

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
20259$1.8M
20247$1.8M

Where Alison Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

St John'S College

ANNAPOLIS, MD

$900KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

To support the curriculum based on t

St John'S College

ANNAPOLIS, MD

$845KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

To support the curriculum based on t

George Eastman Museum

ROCHESTER, NY

$300KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Provide means for scholarly research

Agassiz Village

NORWOOD, MA

$260KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

To create an expereince to help teen

University of Rochester

ROCHESTER, NY

$250KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

To provide education to students

Showing 5 of the 16 largest grants (16 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Alison Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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